The surname Chisolm
A surname, carried by 4,435 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C245
Origin
Variant of Chisholm.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,435 people named Chisolm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,616 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,012.
#7,508
rank among US surnames
4,435
people in 2010
1.5
per 100,000 Americans
+10.5%
change since 2000 (was #7,642)
Who is named Chisolm
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
71% of people named Chisolm identified as Black (not Hispanic), 23% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 71%
- White (not Hispanic) 23%
- Two or more races 2.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Chisolm
Chisolm has the Soundex code C245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C245.
Questions
- Where does the surname Chisolm come from?
- Variant of Chisholm.
- How common is the surname Chisolm?
- 4,435 people in the United States had the surname Chisolm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,616 Americans. It ranked 7,508th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Chisolm?
- In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Chisolm identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Chisolm getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,435 in 2010, up 11%.